#4E181B#4E181B

#4E181B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.081 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E181B
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.24, 25.68, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.24, 28.19, 24.35°)
OKLab	oklab(29.65% 0.0764 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(29.65% 0.081 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.6667, 2.3526, 1.2977)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E181B #184E4B

analogous

#4E1836 #4E181B #4E3018

triadic

#4E181B #1B4E18 #181B4E

tetradic

#4E181B #364E18 #184E4B #30184E

square

#4E181B #364E18 #184E4B #30184E

split-complementary

#4E181B #184E30 #18364E

monochromatic

#170708 #1F0A0B #4E181B #7D262B #AC353B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.28

#4E181B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#4E181B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E181B

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E181B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E181B	1.00	14.28	1.47	14.28
#FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26231B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560D19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e181b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.081 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845857',
    500: '#4e181b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e181b;
$custom-light: #845857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e181b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29646,
    "c": 0.08143,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E181B

secondary

#3D8581

accent

#DCD44B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0303

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E181B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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